Bowl Game R e c a p s
2009 INTERNATIONAL BOWL Connecticut 38, Buffalo 20
January 3, 2009 • Rogers Centre • Toronto, Ontario • Attendance: 42,422 UConn (8-5) Buffalo (8-6)
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First Quarter: UB- AJ Principle 38 field goal 4:26 (4 plays, 3 yards, 1:36); UC- Donald Brown 45 run (Dave Teggart kick) 4:07 (1 play, 45 yards, 0:09). Second Quarter: UC- Teggart 32 field goal 14:11 (8 plays, 26 yards, 3:13); UB- Ray Long 0 fumble recovery (Principle kick) 11:36; UB- Principle 29 field goal 8:22 (5 plays, 17 yards, 2:53)l UB- James Starks 4 run (Principle kick) 7:55 (1 play, 4 yards, 0:13); UC- Tyler Lorenzen 13 run (Teggart kick) 4:01 (2 plays, 88 yards, 0:36). Third Quarter: UC- Steve Brouse 4 pass from Lorenzen (Teggart kick) 5:22 (7 plays, 56 yards, 3:25).
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing (Att-Yds-TD): UC- D. Brown 29-261-1, Todman 7-62-0, Lorenzen 12-32-2, Sherman 1-3-0. UB-Starks 13-25-1, Thermilus 3-5-0, Wily 3- -6-0. Passing (Att-Cmp-Int-Yds-TD): UC-Lorenzen 6-4-0-49-1. UB-Wily 43-29-1-213-0. Receiving (Rec-Yds-TD): UC Moore 1-18-0, Butler 1-16-0, Sherman 1-11-0, Brouse 1-4-1. UB-Starks 11-21-0, Roosevelt 8-90-0, Hamlin 4-54-0, Rack 3-22-0, Jackson 2-17-0, Rice 1-9-0.
Fourth Quarter: UC- Lorenzen 15 run (Teggart kick) 4:44 (9 plays, 68 yards, 4:48); UC- Dahna Deleston 100 interception return (Teggart kick) 2:15.
TEAM STATISTICS
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onald Brown rushed for 261 yards on 29 carries and one TD to lead the University of Connecticut to a 38-20 victory over Buffalo in the 2009 International Bowl. The First Downs 19 10 game was played before a crowd of 40,184 at the Rogers Centre in Toronto. The crowd Rushing 49-358 19-24 was the highest in the three-year old history of the event. Passing Yards 49 213 Brown was named the Most Valuable Player of the Game. UConn tailback Jordan Att-Comp-Int 6-4-0 43-29-1 Todman also enjoyed a fine day with seven carries for 62 yards. Total Offense 407 237 The Husky defense was outstanding as it limited the Bulls to 237 yards of total Average 7.4 3.8 offense and just 24 net yards of rushing. Buffalo had a total of 16 drives in the game Fumbles-Lost 6-5 0-0 and the Bulls only gained more than 30 yards on one of them. Buffalo had nine drives Penalties-Yards 3-29 5-25 of ten yards or less. Punts-Average 3-42.0 10-43.5 Buffalo led 20-17 at halftime after a haphazard second quarter that saw the Punt Returns 7-46 1-8 Huskies commit four turnovers that resulted in 17 points for the Bulls. Kickoff Returns 5-128 7-110 UConn scored the only points of the third quarter to take the lead for good in the game on a four-yard TD INT Ret.-Yards 1-100 0-0 pass from quarterback Tyler Lorenzen to tight end Steve Brouse. Possession 26:54 33:06 Dahna Deleston rounded out the scoring with a 100-yard interception return for a touchdown, making the 3rd Down Conv. 4 of 9 2 of 17 score 38-20 with 2:15 to play. In the second quarter, UConn kicker Dave Teggart connected on a 32-yard field goal 49 seconds into the period to give the Huskies a 10-3 lead. The Husky defense then stopped the Bulls on three plays, but UConn then fumbled a punt return as the Bulls recovered the ball in the endzone for a touchdown to tie the game. UConn then fumbled the ball on the second play of its next possession to give the Bulls the ball at the Husky 18. The UConn defense was valiant again and held Buffalo to six yards as A.J. Principe kicked a 29-yard FG for a 13-10 Bull lead with 8:22 to go. On the ensuing kickoff, UConn fumbled that return to give Buffalo the ball at the Husky four and the Bulls scored on first down on a rush by James Starks to make it 20-10 Bulls. Lorenzen scored the final TD of the first half on a 13-yard run that was set up by a career-long 75 yard rush by Brown. The Huskies outgained Buffalo 225-94 in the first half as the Huskies had just one pass attempt in the half. Brown had 207 yards of rushing in the first half. UConn limited the Bulls to 40 yards of total offense in the first quarter and two first downs while the Huskies had 112 yards.
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